Quilting-frame



(Model.)

C. C. BRAMOW.

QUILTING FRAME.

Patented May 2, 1882.-

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WITNESSES INVENTOR y Q/ 'v f /l is ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER O. BRAMOW, OF RACINE, W'ISCONSIN.

QUILTING-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,283, dated May 2,1882.

Application tiled August 23, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER C. BRA- MOW, a citizen ot the UnitedStates, resident at Racine, in the county of Racine and State ot'Wisconsin, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in-Quilting-Frames; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ot' thesame, reference being` had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures ot' reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a cross-section ot' myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

This invention has relation to quiltingrames; and itconsists in thenovel construction and arrangement of a corner-bracket comprising adouble angular socket and a sleeve and binding-screws for the horizontalsocket and sleeve andthe adjusting and winding rods, as will behereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thecorner-bracket, which I employ to connect the rails, rods, and legs ot'my quilting-frame. The bracket consists of the vertical socket B and thehorizontal socket C, having a set-screw, D. The sockets B and O are atright angles to each other, and a horizontal sleeve, E, having aset-screw, F, is secured at the junction of the sockets B and C at rightangles thereto. The socket C and sleeve E are in the same horizontalplane. Four of these corner-brackets are used in connecting the legs Gr,winding-rails H, and adjusting rails I to form the quilting-frame. Thelegs G have their upper ends driven into the vertical socket B, and arethere secured by a pin or otherwise. The winding-rails H have theirrounded ends inserted in the horizontal sockets C, and are held in placeby the setscrews D. v v

The adjusting-rails Iare rounded for about two-thirds of their length,the central portion being left square, preferably 5 but this form is notessentially necessary.

It will be seen that the winding-rails may be moved nearer to each otherwhen it becomes necessary lby loosening the set-screws F and sliding thesleeves E inwardly upon the adjusting-rails I and then tightening thesetscreWs F to hold the frame rmly.

This frame may be easily taken apart for storage or transportation, andis cheap, convenient, and durable.

Adjusting-rails iu a quilting-frame on which the windingrails may beadvanced or receded, as necessity requires, are not new; neither areset-screws for securing the rails to their adjustments. I do not claimeither broadly, but ask protection only for the construction hereinafterspecifically claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a quilting-frame, the combination ot' the legs Gr, winding-rails H,and adjusting-rails I, with the corner-brackets A, composed of thesockets B and C, sleeve E, and set-screws D and F, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my nainein the presence ot two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER O. BRAMOW.

